Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-01
THE NATIONAL GAME.
What is Being Done in the Base Bal
 Armament

What is Being Done in the Ease Ball
 Firmament.
 The New York Evening Sun has dis patch from Boston letting out why the Boss tons are continually losing games Of late. It says that the reason is that the players of the team are in reality boycottting the ''great' say so. The Sun says:
 "When this premier of the green diamond first came to Boston the public received him with open arms; not so the players of the nine. They looked up to him as monopo- lizer of public attention-as the one toward whom gravitated all the admiration of the audiences. This was too much for the old members of the nine, and, while they gave Kelly and were ever ready to give him Judas kiss, yet they covertly assailed him and attempted to turn the current Of popular favor against him.
 f'As they met with no encouragement in this direction they forgot their indiscreetness which was rankling in their hearts. This began to show itself in the lack of homogen- city of action while in the field. The nine could not be made to act together and every possible obstacle was thrown in kelly's way that would cast the odium of defeat upon his
  bellion against the captain, while Wise has acted insolently and dinsubordinately on many occasions.
 Pulling against such a tide has made Kelly moody and sul1en, and this feeling has been intensified by the long list of defeats which has marked the playing of his nine. He has not, however, had any open rupture with these men, and has refrained from ex- ercising his right to impose fine when his orders are disobeyed. The management, whose attention is so absorbed in counting up the enormous receipts of the games, are not aware of the fact that the organization of their nine is worm-eaten and ready to drop to pieces.
 fAmid all the depressing influences which surround Kelly he never loses sight of the obligations which he owes to the patrons of the game and the triumvirate that pay him his salary. He plays to win, while his coad- tutors do not. He always keeps his end up and never shows the slightest indication of indifference in his movements upon the dia- mond. He is the only man fit to take charge of the nine, being intensely aggressive at times. He is in addition the best batter and base runner that ever belonged to the Boston team and should be directly credited with one-half the games which stand to his credit; but for all this he has received but small re- ward"
 And the Boston Courier has this to say:
 ssSeveral men in the Boston nine have been playing so poorly that they ought to be laid off. When one of the strongest men in the team hits safely but once in eight games there ought to be some sort of an investiga- tion, or he ought to be laid off and somebody else given a chance. Wise's playing of late has been very weak in every respect The idea of playing him in left field, position that he would be qualified for only after considerable practice. The way that this player is doing work to-day stamps him 11u to 1,1o int ho
 Indeed, there is something the matter with the team. That Kelly has worked his hard est, no one doubts. But no one man work ing against such odds as he is certainly work ing against just now, can carry team on to victory. He has had more to contend against than can be possibly known, yet he has braved it all like hero.
 AMONG THE PLAYERS.
 The Washingtons batted Van Haltran's curves all over the field on Tuesday. Won der if Anson still thinks him successs
 Manager Fogel telegraphed to Secretary Young on Monday that Umpire Brady delib erately robbed his team of the game against the New Works on that day and that he would not let his team play with Brady as umpire again. His team did play, however, for Manager Fogel did not want to forfeit $500. In sending the dispatch to Secretary Young, Fogel thought he would scare him. There was one decision of Brady's in favor of the New Works which gave O'Rourke his first, but this would not have amounted to anything if the Indianapolis players had not done so much muffng. O'Rourke tried to steal second, and he;was caught between the bases. Glasscock had the ball and threw to Shomberg, who muffed it. Quickly recov- ering he threw back to Bassett, who also muffed. Denny picked up the ball and threw to third base, for which O'Rourke had started. Glasscock, who had run to third, also muffed.
 So far, Rainey has hit the ball every time he has been to the bat for the New Yorks.
 Weir, formerly of the Waterburys, is now covering third base for the Hamiltons in place of Rainey.
 Poor Stemmeyer. How he was hit by the | Detroits on Tuesday.
 Boston now realizes that one Kelly cannot I win the championship any more than one sparrow makes spring.
 Few batsmen have such a peculiar attitude I while at the plate as Shomburg, the Indi- | annapolis first baseman.
 From a rsw-boned country boy to fIst- class fielder Is one of the feats accomplished by Anson with Sunday, the sprinter of the | Chicagos. The New York have released their plucky I Tom Deasley.
 Death in WestviIIe.
 Mrs. Mary E. Cooper, of Westville, died | last evening. She leaves a son. Dr. L. E. Cooper of Ansonia.
 Had BiR Luck in Mackeral catching. Captain John G. Chapman and party re- turned from Block Island last evening hav- Ing had large catch of maekerel, over 600. They shipped by railroad one barrel to A. Foote & Go. and one barrel to J. Smith & Jo, in the City Market, and if they are as inc as some which were sampled last week